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MEMPHIS III DAILY AUGUST H.

limited. Grubsr bad thsm completely
at his mercy, while on the bases they
exhibited q much judgment ss would
be expected from novices. Taken %
Q whole, 1t was the worst exhibition
seen here this season, and 90 thor
ougbly disguised the spectators that
they found an exit before the fifth
inning. Those who remained saw the
visitors almost bat the cover of the
ball, run bases with rare judgment,
and field almost perfectly. Score:
Washington. -. O 900 / 0 0 0 o. /
Detroit. .......... 8 2 4032 8 20
Earned runs--Detroit 10. Washing
ton 0. Two base hiIs-Brouthers.. 2,
Rowe, Twitchell. Three base hits
Daily, Myers, Richardson, Bennett
and Hanlon. Home run-Bennett
Base on bslls-Row. 2, Hsulon
Gruber, Carroll and O'Brien. Hit
Thompson, White. Base on errors
Detroit 6, Washington /. Struck out
Daily, D. ally and Glliean. Passed
bslls-Gilliesn 2 Wild pitches
Keefs o Tme-Two hours. Um.
pire-Daniels.
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To Old Soldiers.
NOTICE.

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Earned runs-Louisville b, Athletics
5. Two base hits-Weriick 2, Cook.
Mctisrr, Robinson, Bauer. Three base
hit Lnkin. Home Iuus-Whi'e and
Robinson. Double plsy-Bau T,
Mctisrr and Lrkin. Base on balls
Neal, Seward. Hit-stovey. Stuck
out-By N al 2, by Seward 8. Pes Cd
balls - Robinfon, Cook 3. Wild
pitchts-Neal 8. Seward. Umpire -
Ferguson.
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Athlete, ne, LeuisyiIIs 0.

LOUISVILLE, Kr., August A.-Lcuis-
vile sustained another defeat today.
The fielding Of both mines was loose,
bat that Of the local team unusually
%. Neal was wild, but would have
made q better showing had he re-
ceivsd anything like fair support
The 10 juries received by Ramsey and
Kerins have considerably weakened
the club for tie time. The former, II
is expected, will be able TO play by
the end IL the week. The batting oil
stovey, Bauer and Cook was worthy
OF mention. Score:
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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-11-24
To Our Subscribers.

The time has now come for us to
collect what isdue It's for subscriptions.
During the summer, while money was
scarce. we presented no bills and on
" collected what voluntarily came in,
hut now that the dull season Is over,
and our own bills falling due, We can
not grant further indulgence. The
purchase of new type and the convert
ing of our paper into an all-homc print
has also increased our expenses and
these must he met. We therefore
hope our patrons will appreciate these
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In few days we will begin to send
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Punishment ought to be bon 49,
tain and just. But scores OF ~
escape, under this system, and sos,-
are pardoned who may have suffsr's
q punishment never Contemplated 81
law. Ihave no disposition to crit;o;G
this lavish use of the pardoninr nos
er; but when we get q just and NV
name prison system, if we ever A.
there will be no hourly and dailv oO'
pcals to a Governor for mercifll d.
hverance from convict camps. The
wonder Is not that the Governor par.
dons so many of these poor creatures
but that he does not pardon a Crsato,
number. That some idea NAV Ia III
of these two products of convict leoS
ing, | give n statement of the pardon.
and escapes i'll Mississippi for eivb,
years, emitting 1886, of which no an
cial report has been made:
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There were during this period 10T
recapturs so that in eight years the
pardones and escapes amounted 70 10
or very nearly equal the entire prison
population.
If the people in the State where
this system prevails
ONLY KNEW HOW BAD
it il they could not tolerate its exist
ence.
We should at once abandon the idas
that the wretched continuance can hS
patched up by reforms. The Missis.
sippi Legislature of 1886 made LOT of
new laws and created Board of Con.
troll, and yet nothing has happened in
the history of the prison worse than
the treatment of the convicts in tbe
Mcdonald camps. And what is more
similar things are liable to occnr
again.
The question presented is not whetb.
er the State can afford the expense of
retakIng control of its prisoners. but
whether it can afford to tolerate this
leasing system any longer. Nor is the
responsibility involved in this cues.
ton met in any degree by the repeti
ton of the other question, "what else
can be done with the convictsen
If this system is right, then more
money can be made out of the con-
victs than $20,0 Il year from the rail
road corporation. If it is wrong then
all the wealth of the world can never
condone its existence.
There are other phases of thisques-
ton worthy of public attention that ca II
not be embraced in the limits of one
article.
FRANK JOHNSON.
NoTE-The table of deaths embra-
ces the entire prison population, and
does not show the separate death rate
of the comparatively small number Of
conviets i'll the prison proper, which is
not excessive.
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The Hamilton Case.

The Supreme Court on Monday last
affirmed the Judgment of Chancellor
PcytOn denying Hamilton bail for the
murder of Rodcrick Gambrell, but at
the same time it reversed the
Chancellor'S Judgment as to Eubanks,
and granted the latter individual
bail
1t is refreshing to the friends OF law
and order to know that the rich and
influential criminal. of whose guilt
there is no doubt, is held by the judy
ment, while ut the same time no good
citizen ought to be aggrieved that the
poor and insignificant parsonage. of
whose guilt the court say there is Il
doubt, has been permitted to give
bond for his appearance to answer the
charge preferred against him by the
Grand Jury.
While the decision of the court, i'll
one sense, rests OH medium ground
between the respective theories of the
disputants, yet it is in unmistakable
adjudication of the highest court in
Mississippi that Roderick Gambrell
was murdered i'll the night time, and
was murdered by Jones s. Hamil-
ton.
Mr.. Justice Arnold's Dissenting opin-
lou will be, and is, gratifying to those
who exert corrupt influence on Jack
son and Mississippi society. Every
thug" and professional gambler i'll
the state will now, unfortunately fol
him, be singing his praises.
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THE LAW REIGNS!
HAMILTON'S LAST CHANCE
FOR BAIL GONE.
The Supreme Court Rejects the
Carriage Story, and Holds
That the Big Pcniten-
tiary Boss.
With Malice I'm His Heart, Way
laid and Murdered the Brave
Young Editor He Could
Not Awe into ST.
iCnCC,


JACKSON, Miss, Nov.2l-In the ease
expartc Jones :. Hamilton and l.. VI
Euhanks. on appeal from Chancellor
! Pcytou on habcas corpus, Justice
Campbell Delivering the opinion of tn,
court said:
The record is very voluminous and
contains much incompetent evidence
The least we have attempted to ac-
complish is to eliminate from the ease
all the incompetent evidence and look
ing alone to that which is competent
prisoners entitled to be bailcd on the
legal evidence?
We tOrbcar to comment on the facts
further than tO say that they have
failed to convince us that any person
besides Hamilton participated in the
killing of Gamhrell. and they have
convinced us that Hamilton, acting on
provocatiou insufficient in law, but
such a. has often melted To deeds OF
violence, saw his opportunity to con
front his adversary alone and got ont
!
We reject alike the theory of the
prosecution as to participation ofsever-
al in the killing and of the defence as
to an attack having been made on
Hamilton in his carriage, and believe
the above mentioned view to he
sustained by just inferanccs from the
tacts-from which il results that Eu-
banks should have been hailcd or dis
charged. and that bail was properly
denied Hamilton.
Wherefore. the Judgment as to Eu-
banks is reversed and vacated and as
to Hamilton it is affirmed.
After Judge Campbell finished read
ing the opinion of the court Judge
Arnold read Il long dissenting opinion,
in which he held that Hamilton was
entitled to bail
BY agreement between council fol
relator EubankS and counsel for the
State the court complied with the pc
tition to name Euhanks' bail, which
was accordingly fixed at $1,000 and IL
mandate to the supreme court immedi-
ately issued therefor and Euhank>
gave the bond ut once and was dis
charged.
III" supreme court to-day also rem
delcd the following decisions:
Affirmed: W. :. Henderson vs..
Louisville, New Orleans & Texas
Railroad: Joseph p. Long vs.. NJ. f.
Ne Gregor 4 Co. ; David Z. Jeggetts
vs.. Mary ChildreSs ct al. =; George ID.
Classify, Jr.,vs. New Orleans Insurance
Association J +. Gill vs.. Jones II.
Levy ct al. Alex Moses VS.. State of
Mississippi. (This case aftrmS the
court below in the conviction of Mo-
SEES, who came into this State to adj
Just il loss by fire, he not having paid
the privilege tax demanded by insu-
rance agentS,and his company not be-
ing authorized by law to transact bus
mess III this STATED s. j. Enoch W.
Geo. \. Newton; W. +. Hammer ct al
vs.. ThoS. Righy. Former Judgment
set aside and reversed and remand
ed.
In the Federal Court the following
parties, all of Jones county, were CON
victed of timber depridations on gov
eminent lands and sentenced to ten
days imprisonment in the ElliSvillc
jail: }. B.Grayson, ID. Shows, West
ley Tolkes, Westley Mitchell, w. w.
Rush, w, {. Albertson, Jas. Fairchild.
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THE STATE.
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
AND CONDENSED FROM
ALL QUARTERS.

Mississippi College is booming
Jackson's Cooking club is revived.
Nocl's majority in the District was
5000.
Frank James was in Nicksburg
lately.
Gloster has "Hoyt Memorial
church
$250,000 cotton factory is what
Eicksburg will have.
The Mississippi River is lower than
ii has been for 20 Years.
Congressman Stockdalc and family
have left for Washington.
The dastardly assassin of Philip
Griffin is said To be Il negro.
a male college and water works are
To be Jackson'S i'll the future.
Yazoo City is enveloped in smoke
from surrounding forest fires.
Gen. Georges Le1ore county planta-
ton lost gin by fire last week.
Forty negro families from Missi5-
sippi form a colony in Missouri.
Tramps trying to pass as newspaper
correspondents, infest Pascagoula
Martin is excited over the assault
upon Mr.. Wright, fruit tree man.
\ Man was killed by his brotheI in
Carhoun county i'll fight over dog.
Rev. r. ii. Purser is the Baptist
Shepherd over flock of 800 at Wes-
son.
Raym0nds Methodist Sunday school
recently celebrated its 54th anniver-
sary.
Prof. j. Q. Hyde was not authorized
to organize the negroes into Ali
ances.
"Independent" Miller was defeated
for District Attorney i'll the Grenada
district.
The State Fair Managers are pre-
pairing for Il Spring exhibition of farm
products.
The sheriff of Holly Springs shot
and killed Il man VITO was trying to
break Jail
DR.. Y. y. French, IL prominent den
fist of Nicksburg, committed suicide
on the 10th Nov.
Two widows were given the pro-
ceeds of all entertainment at Ne
Comb City on the 18th.
Mr.. }. w. Harris and Mr.. Thos. NJ.
Tucker, two Of the oldest citizens of
Columbus. died last week.
Hon. and Mrs. G. l.. Anderson gave
a brilliant reception on the eveoftheir
departure for Washington.
Zelda, the little dtugter of Senator
DOdds, tied ribbon on the first bale
of cotton compressed at Hazlehurst.
The stone from the old Jail at Ray
mOnd will have ii more noble setting
i'll the Episcopal Chapel at Jack
son.
\ COW stealer, Joe Garland, resisted
arrest with shot gun, and was HIM
self shot and killed near Summit last
week.
The Burial of Cock Robin, the great
World Exposition bird show by MIR.
Poole, of Natchcz, is now exhibiting
at Nicksburg.
Wilson Miller (col.), /. 5. pension
agent, was found guilty of defrauding
colored pensioners. He will doubtless
receive full penalty.
ON Friday evening. the 18th, the
young people of Hazleh urst will cele-
brate the completion of the compress
by grand banquet.
Mr.. T.. w. Brown, retiring Circuit
Clerk, and Capt. 7. j. Hargrave, re-
firing sheriff, We're both presented
with handsome gold cane on the
18th.
Four Alliances in Webster county
dubbed together and had ear load
of the best -four shipped from Illinois,
getting delivered at the nearest rail
road station for $4.05 per barrel.
j. :. Hoskins. of the Lexington Bull
letin, G. A. Stovall of the Shubuta
Messenger, Frank Burkitt, of the
chirkasaw Messenger, will represent
H. press II The next Legislature.
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We surrender large part of our
space to-day to an article recently
written by Capt. Frank Johnson on
the leasing system, and bespeak for it
IA careful and thoughtful reading. 1t
is the ahlest and most logical paper
yet written on that subject, and pre-
sents in "A convincing and dispassiOnite
way the awful brutalities of convict
leasing.
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In addition to PowelPs Staple and Fan
cy Groceries (Flonr, Bacon, Lard, Sugar,
Rice, Tea and Cotfce) he is now receiving
and opening stock of the finest hand
made candies, with q varied line of Nov
elites and Notions, and ut prices which
are wonderfully low.
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wherever it has an existence. There
is the same heart-sickening death rate;
the same high escape rate, where life is
risked daily in the mad effort to escape;
and the same immense pardon rate
which comes of a merciful contempla-
ton of this awful convict life. The
same cruel punishments, privations,
mistreatmentS and sufferings, and the
same sort of list of those killed by at
tempting to escape. \ system that
logically produces escapes and that
maintains packs of bloodhOmds to
track the fleeing convicts. Some of
the prisoners treated too well, and al
lowed too many privileges, and many
subjected to cruelties and expressions.
No real responsibility anywhere.
Shifted from one to another, and back
and forth, and cnding-nOwhere.
Let us consider
THE DEATH RATE
of the Mississippi convicts from the
official biennial reports.
In the year 1882 there was an aver
age of $40 cOnvicts in the prison prop
cr and the convict camps, and out of
this number i2S died during that year,
thus showing death rate of 1852 per
centum. Noepidemic orunusual cause
is stated in the official reports for this
unusual numbsr of deaths.
Some idea of these figures will be
gained 10y comparison with the
death rate of an ordinary city, New
Orleans for example, where the rate is
2 per centum, including of course the
large item of infant mortality. The
death rate of Il well regulated Govern
ment prison ought not to exceed at
most or 81 per centum.
BY way of illustration, the annual
death rate of the Mississippi prison for
five years will now be given.
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The above table covers wide area
of territory and contains an aggregate
of more than
FORTY FIVE HUNDRED CoNvICTs,
and must, therefore, exclude the pre-
sumption of exceptional conditions.
The contrast presented is startling.
But it has been said that numbers OF
convicts are sent to State prisons who
are diseased, and doubtless this is true.
But it is also true that Northern pris-
Ons are recruited from what is known
as the "criminal classes" and from
the haunts of squalor, disease and
crime. Again, it has been said that
the great majority of Mississippi con-
victs are negroes, and the mortality
of this race is greater than the white
race. But however this may be, it is
certain that this prison death rate is
something pitiable to contemplate.
If the owner of slaves before the
late civil war had suffered such death
rate among his human chattels, he
would soon have lost his entire stock
i'll trade. How then is it possible to
account for this
HARVEST OF DEATH,
as plentiful as that which follows the
scythe and reaping hook of great cpl
denies? Is it necessary to await
the Legislative investigation and the
report of mistreatment that makes its
appearance at long and rare intervals
Can we not, with all manner of chart
ty for guards and drivers, readily pict-
ure the driving of the we'll and strong
to the breaking down of courage and
health and strength, and then, the neg
lect Of the sick
How many died at the famous Nc
Donald railroad convict camp in North
Mississippi, last Winter and Spring.
In January, 1887, 2O3 able bodied,
we'll convicts were placed in these
shambles or pens for railroad work.
Ont of this number 20 died in six
months, making an annual death rate
of 200 to the thousand. And to finish
up this marvellous record, % convicts
were sent to the prison at jackson,
some of whom afterwards died.
Every person ofOrdinary intelligence
and discernment must know that pro-
testations of kind and proper treat
ment must go down before the
TERRIBLE TESTIMONY
of this death rate.
Such is the "eOnvict camp" not
alone in Mississippi, but in Georgia,
Louisiana, Tennessee, and wherever it
has an existence. After twenty years
of investigations, tinkering and patch
ing, the institution retains all of its
original and distinctive features. No
patchwork will make it decent, no
possible laws ON the statute books can
make it just or humane, and no safe
guards can protect its victims from
cruelty and wrong.
Third-The leasing system, by
which the State relinquishes the direct
and exclusive control of its convicts,
is absolutely incompatible with the
proper treatment of prisoners; that il,
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-11-24

An ex-legislatOr from Bolivar, Lu-
cious Lowe, colOred, has been sent to
the penitentiary for life for murder.
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/ NoTE.-Ihcre has been no official re-
report for 1SS6.
1 The following table shows the death
rate and the prison population of six
/ Northern prisons:
{ NJ Il
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